attacks watched. their faces showed the years. but what they witnessed on december 7, 1941, remains vivid. >> it's hard to come back, it brings back hard memories. >> we thought they were our own planes. i said why are our planes out on saturday. not only that, live bullets shooting down on our guys. >> reporter: it was exactly 70 years ago the japanese launched their attack on u.s. soil. 2,400 americans were killed. more than 1,200 others injured. the attacks shocked the nation and led directly to our involvement in world war ii. as the the decades have passed the number of veteran whose survived that terrible day have dwindled. it's estimated there are 1,300 world war ii veterans who pass away every single day. and so our time with them is running out. >> reporter: time with men such

as 96-year-old archie gregory on the uss arizona when they came under fire. >> all of a sudden, the arizona blew up. then, the planes come back and machine gunned each guy. >> reporter: fdr once said it would be a day that lived on in infamy. it is thanks to these veterans that his promise has been kept and the sacrifices of so many kept alive. diana alvear, abc news. it is amazing the rate at which we are losing these heroes. the piece said our time with them is pretty limited. some of them, their ashes they requested be flown in to ceremonies at pearl harbor the they want their remans to be at the site those passing on. a nice kind of trub oibute. medical news to pass on this morning. a surprise move involving plan bcht, the so-called morning after pill.

the health and human services secretary decided not to allow plan b to be sold over the counter or be available to those under 17 without parental permission. a surprise though because the fda was preparing allowing it to be stocked on store shelves available to anyone. plan b available from a pharmacist without a prescription for those 17 and older who can prove their age. an important announcement about the fight against breast cancer. doctors say two drugs when preskrupr prescribed together can improve the quality of life for whippen with the advanced form of the disease. >> reporter: suzanne ebert savors every moment with her two young children. this was her just a few years ago. >> i was on top of the world. and in one week my life completely changed. >> reporter: she noticed a lump on her breast and found out it was cancer not just any cancer. >> i was stage four. there is no stage five. so, that's probably the worst

diagnosis you can get. >> reporter: she endured four round of chemotherapy. >> each one had more and more side effects. and i was feeling worse and worse. >> reporter: so suzanne switched gears trying a new combination of pills that starve tumor cells, the two drugs never had been used together. rather than blasting the whole body with chemothey zero in on the tumor cells. in just three months the tumors in suzanne's liver shrunk more than 20% from this to this. so far, researchers have only tried this new drug combination on patients with the most dire breast cancer diagnoses. but they say it is an enkur ramgiramg iramg -- encouraging approach. >> these therapies are taking advantages of weaknesses in tumor. >> reporter: weakening tumors but not the patient. >> the haze lifts and you can feel like you, participate in life again. very lucky lady there.

the treatment is not cheap. the drugs are not cheap. $10,000 a month. let's face it. most don't have that kind of money. >> which is shocking. wonder if it will be covered by any insurance plans. $10,000 a month. cost prohibitive. >> when the country was going through the health care debate. 65% of personal bankruptcies are because of medical reasons, people who get sequester can't afford the treatment or procedure. unbelievable. shifting gears now, the same storm that slammed the northeast gave virginia its first real taste of winter up to 7 inches of snow came down in parts of that state. heavy rain and gusty wind left tens of thousands of folks without power from richmond to raleigh. here is a look at your weather. blustery, dry along the east coast except for lingering snow showers in northern new england. bitter cold in the nation's midsection. up to 6 inches of snow in upper michigan. light snow in nebraska and kansas. >> showers and 74 in miami. 52, atlanta. 45, new york.

13, fargo. 21, twin cities. 36, chicago. colorado springs, 30. seattle 40. and last week remember we showed you that cheerleading accident at a college basketball game. >> hard to watch. if you've ever want feud steep what it is like to be a cheerleader hang on tight. check out the view of an lsu cheerleader the view she had at tiger stadium in baton rouge before lsu destroyed arkansas a few weeks ago. >> high-flying stuff there. clearly as high flying as the number one team on the country. end with a run on to the field ahead of the team. >> wonder what that must feel like the guys flip you up, 20 find the air. >> i don't want to feel that. no, no, no. >> really? >> firmly footed on the ground. >> i like it. go lsu future national champions, yet again, coming up. humble prediction. more "world news now" coming up after the break. >> we'll see. ♪ girls on film girls on film ♪ ♪ girls on film

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♪ i need a hero i'm holding on for a hero until the end of the night? ♪ >> a teen is being cheered as a hero and can sit where he wants on the bus now. >> he earned it. when the 17-year-old saw that there was something wrong with the bus driver. he jumped into action. ray lane of komo has more. >> reporter: i am looking at him the whole time. >> reporter: you are watching a young man who most likely prevent aid horrible school bus crash on interstate 5. the student sprung from his seat to take control of the wheel after it appeared the driver nodded off. >> soon as i see his head go down and see the bus go back to the freeway. i hop up. get up to the bus as fars as i

the can. >> reporter: the 17-year-old its credited with saving the day. the senior says early on the driver was not his normal self. she drove strangely after leaving campus, swerved on city roads and did not seem to pay attention. williams kept a close eye on the 65-year-old bus driver. >> i was looking at hip, and his eyes would close. get to a turn. open them up. look both ways. start driving. and get closer. and close more and more. >> reporter: but when the bus hilt the highway with at least 25 students on board and the driver lost consciousness again that's when he took action. he believes if he would have stayed seated the bus would have slammed into a freeway sign or retaining wall. >> if something would have happened if i didn't get up. i know there would have been a big huge thing going on. he would have crashed and been a whole lot more. >> reporter: tacoma schools says the driver had an impeccable driving record that had worked for the district bus provider for eight years. >> certainly safety is very

important to us and the families involved. we want to get to the bottom of it to make sure nothing like this could happen again. it is highly unusual. this is not something we have dealt with before. >> reporter: a close call for a busload of kids trying to get home that ended safely. >> i just did it because it was right to do. >> good for that kid. nice guy. modest. absolutely. the driver actually has been placed on, leave, during the investigation. find out what the situation was. >> he may have saved lives. >> absolutely. people think on their feet well they end up doing very good stuff like that. congratulations. >> well, we are going to come back to one of my favorite stories of the day. alec baldwin's comments after his airline meltdown. >> his anger, his apologies and all the fallout after he was kukd o kicked off a plane. you are watching "world news now."

♪ i'm sorry so sorry ♪ >> that's the perfect song for this. >> great song pick. we now turn to the latest on ala alec baldwin's airplane rant. >> the 30 rock star has now apologized to those who were on the plane with him. he still has no love for any airline. here is abc's dan harris. >> reporter: the ongoing war between alec baldwin and american airlines started when baldwin still on board tweeted that he had been reamed by a flight attendant for playing the scrabble-style video game word with friend even though the plane was still parked. american said bald owin not onl refused to shut down his foerngs stormed into the bathroom, slamming the door so hard the cockpit crew heard it and was rude to the crew calling them

in fact a later tweet from baldwin compared american flight attendants to catholic school gym teachers from the 1950s. >> i didn't have the privilege of having a parochial education, i don't know what a catholic gym teacher in the 50s looks like. obviously it was an insult, and demeaning. >> reporter: many of us chafe at the rule of turning off electronic devices. but wendy stafford who runs a private flight attendant training course says passengers have to obey the rules whether nay luke them or not. >> the flight attendants are there for the safety of the passengers and not just to serve cookies and drinks. >> reporter: if you don't obey, flight attendants can hatch you removed even if a movie star. baldwin's publicist says the actor was unfairly singed out. other passengers were using their electroning devices. but baldwin himself may be trying to end the war. he deactivated his twitter account. dan harris, abc news, new york.

>> we know how you feel. let me read what aleck didn't post on the huffington post. he said the level of service on u.s. carriers has deteriorated, filthy planes, barely edible meals, cuts in jet service. he really used this incident to rant against industry and its workers. >> can we agree that flying has become miserable? >> it has become miserable. it has become miserable. if it means better security i'm all for it though. i would rather be uncomfortable than blown up. >> the phone he had on was not going to blow up the plane. >> true. true. and the fees. whole bunch of stuff you can take issue with. the rules are the rules. >> ha-ha-ha. >> $16 blanket. just about right. about to cuss you out and stuff you in the overhead bin in the background there. >> it has become so miserable. not saying he was right. but, i understand. >> do not say he was right. that is a big admission from

yesterday. i understand the angst, the rules are the rules. >> the rules are silly. >> they may be. aleck you got to follow them. you are no better than the rest of us. eat your peanuts and shut up.

time for morning papers. >> some dudes -- are pretty pathetic. >> you know this one is something. comes from "the daily mail" and really a lesson in how not to got a second date maybe getting a restraining order. this is the story, basically, girl meets boy at the philharmonic because her friend couldn't go. they go out on one date. she doesn't like him. it is a horrific date. he send her, a banker, a $1,615 word e-mail because she wouldn't call him back. here are some things he writes. he said you said out was nus ico meet you at the end of our date. a woman could say this statement

as a way to show that she isn't interested in seeing a man again or she could mean what she said that it was nice to meet you. then he says this, you played with your hair a lot. a woman playing with her hair is a common sign of flirtation. you can do a google search on it. >> dork alert. >> weirdo alert. sociopath. could be a psycho the he is not going to get a second date, going to get a temporary restraining order. >> this isn't a joke. >> it's viral. >> real life guy wrote this real life. >> she posted it on read it. fellows watching. this is not going to work. you are not going to get the second date. >> mreplenty of fish in the sea. move on. so desperate. >> the fda approved a new hangover cure. not gimmick, infomercial, fda stepped in, called blowfish, a mix of aspirin and caffeine put together for this

alka-seltzer-like tablet. you've wake up. supposed to get rid of classic hangover symptoms here. unlook other products that you take in between drinks or before you go out this is for the morning when you wake up and go, oh, what is going on, what is your name? it's for that. apparently fda approved. blowfish could be the secret to a good 2012. >> yes, this one, can't decide to what to buy for christmas? get this, you visit the site that scans friends' face book likes to see what they really want. >> brilliant. >> etsi. >> and scroll down the site gift section, and logged in, analyzes friend interests and suggests gifts. >> for people luke mike me. apparently radio stations this time of year that switch to all christmas music see a huge spike in ratings. the guy from clear channel said there is no other programming tactic in radio history that consistently delivers ratings

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this morning on "world news now" -- locked up. the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal takes a dra mat uk turn as police in pennsylvania take him into custody. >> investigators reveal new and disturbing details from sandusky's abusers. it's thursday, december 8th. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm sunny hostin. bail for sandusky has been set at $250,000 in cash. the former coach expected to make bail when he goes to court later today. but for now he is spending the night in a jail cell. he still insists of course he never broke the law. >> this arrest prompted by two

new abusers. >> ten. all ten so far. >> the scene some expected to see after the initial eight people came forward. now he gets to be behind bars if just for a short amount of time. the case unbelievable. also this morning, unforgettable call to 911. a california woman calls for help when she saw an intruder breaking in. she told police she had a gun. and we'll hear how the jaw dropping story end. amazing audio on the story as to what this woman did. >> later this hour, the reality tv show stunt that backfired. producers fired off a cannon. see the damage and hear the apology. >> just a cannon. what could go wrong, who could foresee. a cannon. happens every day. before all that, jerry sandusky is spending the night in jail for the first time since the penn state sex scandal broke weeks ago. the former coach expected to post bail. >> two new accusers telling a story that has become sadly familiar.

sandusky met them through his charity. gave them gifts and began sexually assaulting them. here's abc's t.j. winick. >> reporter: handcuffed wearing a penn state sweat suit, jerry sandusky was arrested again wednesday charged with molesting two young boys he met at the charity he founded. that brings total number off ledged victims in the criminal case, to ten. >> jerry is scratching his head saying what's next. i said don't ask that question. don't ask can it get worse, because it can. >> reporter: according to the grand jury indictment, victim nine is now 18 years old and says sandusky began molesting hip at age 11. some of at takes allegedly occurred in the basement of sandusky's house or a swimming pool at a nearby hotel. victim ten claims he was groomed by sandusky like all the others given cash, gifts and football games before the abuse began. he says the alleged encounters with the penn state football coach only ended after he refused to perform a sex act in a car. >> i didn't do those things. >> reporter: just last week,

jerry sandusky told "the new york times" he did nothing illegal. his repeated denials have only emboldened his accusers. >> first he serially abused my client. and then he has to hear sandusky deny that he did those things. >> reporter: the several new charges include four counts of involuntary deviant sexual intercourse. his bail set at $250,000 cash. the judge also ordered that he wear an electronic monitoring device and he is banned from penn state property. sandusky has had a hearing set for next tuesday. that's still the case. in a highly unusual move at least eight accusers are set to testify at the preliminary hearing. t.j. winick, abc news. >> if these allegations are true he is truly a sick man. i am surprised he was wearing the penn state gear. >> little bit of sad irony he was wearing that. and the all the victims, they're sharing similar stories how they were groomed by the coach. >> it is a pattern.

>> that's how child molesters tend to work. >> that's exactly how they work. the stories are consistent and consistent with sexual abuse. >> in case you are wondering what happened with his charity, a breeding ground for his victims in a way could be shutting down operations at the very least reducing programs. another ripple effect to awful this. it doesn't end there in the other sexual abuse case that received so much national attention no charges will be filed now against former syracuse university basketball coach bernie fine. a district attorney from the region around the school says the charges against fine are simply too old to prosecute. the d.a. also says he believes only two of fine's three accusers are actually telling credible stories. >> there is no doubt in my mind that if presented with these two victims today, the statute of limitations had not run, there would be criminal charges against bernie fine that i would ethically feel comfortable asking a jury to convict him of beyond a reasonable doubt.

>> fits patrick says syracuse travel records may actually undercut the abuse claims of a third man, the man, jack tomaselli charged with molesting a boy in may himself and says he will plead guilty in that case. a northern california woman shaken six week after an intruder tried to break into her home. it was 4:00 in the morning. the terrified senior citizen grabbed her gun and shot the man dead. every dramatic moment captured on the 911 call. shea arthur reports from reading. >> banging on the window? >> uh-huh. i'm going to get my gun out. >> ma'am, what are you arming yourself with? >> oh, god. i just bought it, it is a 38. >> reporter: alone in her reading home. 6-year-old donna goes through highs and lows on the call as she grabs her gun and watches a strange man trying to get in through her bedroom window.

sobbing and shaken the operator works to keep hopper calm as reading police rush to the scene. hopper fires two shots not enough to scare him off. next are the terrifying moments that changed donna's life and end another. he's coming back. i see a shadow. >> where is he at? >> oh, god. just a minute. he's coming in. oh, god. he is coming through the window. i'm going to shoot him again. >> ma'am, don't -- >> i'm going to shoot him. >> ma'am, listen, the officers are in the area. i don't want you to fire your gun. >> he is coming through the window. hurry up. he's coming in. he's coming in. >> is he coming into the house? >> i got him. >> you shot him again. you shot at him? >> i shot him. he's coming through the window! >> i shot him. two shots.

he's on the ground. he's on the ground. >> the suspect, 37-year-old jesse theus was shot. with police on the way, the operator tries to reassure her. she tells her to put her gun down. go off to the front of the house and wait. but as hopper walks towards theus' bed she becomes overwhelmed all over again. >> in the spare bedroom. >> i am standing in, and i see lights. >> can you walk to the front door? >> yes. oh, god. i hope it's nobody i know. >> donna. donna. >> those tapes are so chilling. we are never going to maybe solve the gun debate in the country. when you hear stories luke that, that woman has a right to protect herself. god knows what could have happened. >> in your home you legally have the right to protect yourself with that type of force in your home. >> that was the first time she has ever fired a gun. she has been cleared of any wrongdoing. obviously a move of self

defense. >> obviously. so terrifying. imagine putting yourself in that situation. >> she stayed clear headed. i am going to shoot him. >> she did. a new clue has turned of in the search for a missing florida mom who vanished after appearing on the people's court. police have found michelle parker's iphone. her family says the phone was still in its pink, black, white case and in good shape actually. detectives reportedly also made a stop at the home of parker's ex-fiance, the prime suspect in the case, dale smith. parker has not been seen since she dropped off their 3-year-old twins at his condo three weeks ago. former illinois governor rob blagojevich will begin serving his 14 year prison sentence mid february. he is being put away on 18 counts of political corruption. before being sentenced blagojevich apologized telling the judge he had made terrible mistakes and he was the only one to blame. he is the second straight illinois governor to go to

prison. the latest poll of republican voters shows that newt gingrich is the clear front-runner in three key states. gingrich has taken a 13-point lead in iowa over mitt romney. in south carolina and florida. gingrich has a 23-point advantage. but romney is still leading the race in new hampshire, by about nine points. the states are all critical to the gop candidates because of the early voting that will kick off now unjust a few weeks. the political attacks against gingrich taking on an aggressive tone ahead of saturday's crucial debate. in new ad, mitt romney is casting himself as a religious man, devoted husband and father. clear reference to gingrich's three marriages, and even rick perry frying to reignite his campaign launched a new series of ad emphasizing his christian credentials. occupy protestors brief leave interrupted a speech by romney supporter chris christie in iowa last night. protestors chanted "put people first" as christie waited for them to finish. they were all escorted out by

police. the new jersey governor joked the entertainment portion of his appearance was over. >> can count on christie for blunt comments. well, in weather news this morning, the snow has finally ended in the northeast after blowing in from the southwest in tennessee. the ground is completely covered, across much of pennsylvania, especially in some higher elevations. and the slick road are being blamed for several car accidents as well. also expected to be a rough morning commute across upstate new york. parts of the albany area got several inches of snow. there will be a lot of melting to day as temperatures climb into the 40s causing what we know to be a slushy, gray, fun to drive in, kind of mess. >> yes. >> winter still a few weeks away. there is the snow. >> there it is. >> here we go. with that a look at your thursday forecast around the country. blustery day, leftover snow in northern maine. scattered showers, orlando, to miami. snow in the michigan upper peninsula. snow showers between nebraska

and kansas. >> 13, fargo. 21, minneapolis. 31, omaha. boston, 50. baltimore, 45. miami, 74. 40s in the pacific northwest. 36, salt lake city. 61 in phoenix. well, pretty much since thanksgiving we have been showing you lots of peep gople getting into the christmas spirit. this one should come as no surprise. >> the pope's turn yesterday from the comfort of the vatican. the pope used a tablet cup pewter to turn on the outdoor display. lucky the tablet was connected to the power grid. >> the display the world's largest. covers an area of about 30 soccer field. i wonder if the tablet was really hooked up to the power grid. some times a ceremonial, symbolic. >> pretty high tech for the pope. that was kind -- i was kind of in pressed by that. >> you go, pope. there is an app for that. we'll be back with more "world news now" after this. ♪ 'o christmas tree

'o christmas tree thy leaves are so unchanging ♪ ♪ 'o christmas tree .

♪ he's making a list he's checking it twice he's going to find out who's naughty or nice ♪ ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ >> the smile, the holiday music brings to snep s ts to sunny's . loving it. >> it is a happy time. >> it, it is that time of year when people snap pictures for holiday card and gifts. typically doesn't land you in the slammer. >> that's right. that was not the case for a maryland man in d.c. taking pictures of the decorations until he was arrested. >> it was a bad experience. and i will not go into the

district of columbia unless i have to. >> reporter: that wasn't the case for david hill sunday night as part of an annual family tradition, hill, his wife, three sisters and husband rented a limousine and drove from their home in maryland into d.c. to take in the sights and take pictures at the white house christmas tree. his fun night took an ugly turn when he decided to break away from the group and take a picture of the executive office building next to the white house. the picture was to bow a christmas present for his 85-year-old father who worked there for 40 years. >> i wanted to get a better shot. there was a, temporary fence set up. call it a bicycle fence. it had an opening it which i did move and i entered past the fence. >> reporter: hill was able to take the pictures and then two secret service agents came up to him. >> they wanted to see the pictures i had on my camera. i showed it to them. they wanted to know what made me so spesh cial to be in the restricted area.

i apologized. i did not know. >> his wife walked up to find her husband in handcuffs and being searched by police. put him in a cruiser and took him to jail where he stayed for 24 hours in a holding cell. >> he has never been arrested. never had a traffic ticket. he was a citizen like the people over here doing something he shouldn't have. it would have been very easy to say please don't do that again, sir >> i am not a criminal. >> no he is not, all charges have been dropped. he was in a restricted area. >> he moved the thing. i was with him until i heard about the movement of the bicycle fence. >> at least he got cleared. >> coming up next, remembering a television legend. >> hair y >> harry morgan and his roles on

♪ ♪ everyone remembers that song. >> harry morgan, the actor best known for his role on the legendary tv show m.a.s.h. died at age 96. >> he starred in 50 movies and a hit tv show "dragnet." ♪ >> the story you are about to see is true. >> reporter: in the 60s and 70s, harry morgan starred opposite jack webb in "dragnet." the stories were generally serious but the ban tore between the two was some times more lighthearted. >> this is a good report. in fact it is excellent. i am sure the captain will think so too. >> just my usual good work? >> you bet. i am fortunate to have you working with me. >> reporter: one of morgan's last public appearances at an unveiling in 2009 for a dragnet

post tal st postal stamp. morgan spent ten years portraying the fatherly colonel sherman potter. >> it would be hard to call what we have been through fun. but i am sure glad we went through out together. you boys always managed to give me a good laugh when i needed it most. >> reporter: for his work on "m.a.s.h." morgan was nominated nine times for best supporting actor emmy winning once in 1980, not bad for a go who originally planned to have a career in law. instead he had a career in show business that lasted a lifetime. >> don't forget to have a happy life too. >> you, dear, sweet man. i will never forget you. >> reporter: and with his wealth of work, viewers probably won't forget him either. >> saw a sweet-faced man, right. >> he said of his character on

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learn the art off poll ja. off poll jazzing. they did that after one of their experiments careened through this house. >> this is the worst thing. i have kids of my own. i have a house of my own. i can't imagine how angry i would be to find it happening to it. >> reporter: cannonballs end up doing a lot of damage. the mist busters crew was on the other side of this hill experi cannon but the cannonball missed its target. instead the projectile came down the hill with extraordinary force traveling 2,800 feet before hitting the ground and shooting through the door of this home. doing damage inside then exiting through the back. the cannonball, airborne again, then crossed the road before taking out a tile on the top of this roof, and finally landing inside a minivan across the street. total traveling range, 3,300 feet. the owner of the van --

>> my husband and my son was in the car five minutes before it happens. i am so glad they are fine. >> reporter: according to the sheriff's department, the tv show has used the firing range close to 100 times before without any problems. >> very unfortunate it happened. very fortunate that nobody got hurt. so we are kind of looking at it that way. the range is shut down as of now except for emergency detonations until we can review all the practices and policies out there. >> there will be no cannons fired in this area. >> anymore. >> at lowest east by us again. >> cannons? that could have been a dangerous situation. >> could have been bad. >> could have really been bad. have you ever shot a cannon? >> no. no, there we are. >> but you have shot a cannon. >> july, barbecue at the house. the point of the experiment was to see if other materials could be fired out of a cannon as

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this morning on "world news now" -- behind bars. this morning on "world news now" -- behind bars. police in pennsylvania put jerry sandusky in handcuffs and haul him off to jail. >> that's after new accusations of sexual abuse and demands for a $250,000 in bail. it's thursday, december 8th. good morning, i'm sunny hostin. >> i'm rob nelson. two new accusers are revealing detailed new accounts about how jerry sandusky abused them. one of the young men claims he was molested in sandusky's basement all while his wife was upstairs. at one point saying he was screaming for help knowing the wife was upstairs but no one came to help him. >> no one came to help him.

unbelievable story. also, former illinois governor rob blagojevich apologizes before he was sentenced for corruption charges. find out how the judge responded with words blagojevich did not want to hear. >> he and his pretty hair-do are going away for quite some time. later this half-hour, school kid with hearts of gold. they secretly made a teacher's dream come true. the religion teacher and catholic nun in indiana gets an amazing gift. perfect holiday story there. congratulations to the kids. but first, new developments in the penn state sex scandal. jerry sandusky is spending the night in jail. >> the former coach was arrested on new charges after two more young men came forward to say they too were sexually abused. abc's jim avila reports. >> reporter: jerry sandusky back in cuffs wearing a penn state track suit taken from his home in the middle of the afternoon and charged with abusing two more children. his attorney predicted new charges and custody.

on "world news." >> he is going to wind up in jail. >> sandusky's attorney walked into the courtroom and told his client, i told you this would happen. sandusky just smiled. >> reporter: the smile wiped from his face as prosecutors demanded $1 million bail and revealed the stories of more victims numbers nine and ten. horrific accounts of a sandusky basement of horrors at the former defensive coaches ranch-style house in state college, pennsylvania. a place victim nine told grand jurors sandusky specifically told him to stay unless otherwise directed by sandusky. he ate meals in the basement and the food brought to him by sandusky. and new details about his wife, and where she was when this was allegedly happening just down the stairs. victim number nine was 10 to 12 years old during the alleged attacks and told the grand jury he saw sandusky's wife dottie at the house. but she never came downstairs. and on at least one occasion he screamed for help, knowing that sandusky's wife was upstairs,

but no one came to help him. >> jerry's scratching his head saying what's next? i said don't ask that question. don't ask can it get worse because it can. >> reporter: what is next for sandusky? an overnight stay in jail. this is his booking photo. if he can raise $250,000 in bail, electronic monitoring with an order to stay away from the penn state campus. sandusky's attorney says he will make bail but his client will be back in court on tuesday for the preliminary hearing. he'll face his accusers face to face. jim avila, abc news, new york. we saw in the syracuse case what the coach's wife apparently knew from the taped conversations what did mrs. sandusky know? >> everyone is asking the question? what did dottie sandusky know? she knew all these kids were always in her home. she knew she's kids were down in the basement. what else did she know? she can't be forced to testify against him because of marital privilege. i am certain investigators want to interview her. >> unlike the syracuse case we have not heard from her at all, we do not know. your husband, the coach,

basement, for assume, decent amount of time. no alarm bell went off. just very, very strange. >> at best strange. >> another twist. no sexual abuse charges will be filed against former syracuse university assistant basketball coach bernie fine. a reason, the statute of limitations has expired. basically the charges against fine are just too old to prosecute. in his announcement, that d.a. apologized to two of the men making claims against fine. former illinois governor rob blagojevich has until mid february before serving a 14-year sentence for political corruption. he was sentenced yesterday after making a long string of apologies to a federal judge. paul meinke has the details. >> reporter: rob blagojevich's plea for mercy built around his family, two daughters, amy and annie, ages 15 and 8. the judge made clear the ex-governor's situation is not extraordinary and does not

deserve special treatment. the judge saying i see case after case where good parents are bad citizens. then he added -- if it is any consolation to your children you do not stand here being convicted of a bad father. the judge then said blagojevich had ripped apart the fabric of faith in government and sentenced him to 14 years in federal prison. blagojevich earlier accepted responsibility for his actions saying i made terrible mistakes they were my mistakes my actions i am responsible, i caused it all. and much of his 18-minute speech to the judge was spent in apology. the ex-governor's deepest lament focused on his wife and two daughters. >> this is a time for me to be strong, for my children, be strong for patty. >> what happened for the family is a -- is a very sad situation. we have to understand is when people commit crimes there are severe consequences to the victims of the crime. when people are caught there are consequences for them. and the harshest consequences are for their families. >> reporter: in chicago, paul

meinke, abc news. i think it is significant he did apologize for the behavior. before this he never accepted responsibility for it. >> what else can you do, you are at that final stage, about to get sentenced. you better apologize. >> i have seen so many defendants that have not apologized. >> not one of the things he will be out in a couple days, earliest, 12 years. he will not collect the $65,000 pension as governor still could be eligible for a federal pension because he did serve as a congressman. two interesting details on him. >> my, my. the florida a & m band director fired after an alleged hazing incident has his salary back. at least temporarily. julian white is on administrative leave with pay while investigators look into the case. police say hazing played a role in the death of the band's drum major last month. four students who had been expelled in connection with the incident have also been allowed back to class. >> for now at least. >> for now they're still investigating.

in other news this morning -- syria's embattled leader has sat down for his first major tv interview since the start of the uprising that left thousand of civilians dead. in an exclusive interview with abc's barbara walters he denied ordering the deadly crackdown. abc's alex marquardt has more. >> reporter: for the leader of a country in so much turmoil, syria's president bashir al-assad appears calm, soft-spoken and confident, confident he is doing the right thing for syria where the u.n. says more than 4,000 people have died in the past nine months. in an exclusive interview with abc's barbara walters he distanced himself from the bloodshed. >> do you think that your forces, cracked down too hard? >> they're not my forces. they are military forces that belong to the government. i don't own them. i'm president. i don't own the country. >> reporter: assad did admit mistakes had been made but doesn't feel guilty because he says he is doing his best to protect his people.

few journalists have been allowed into syria, most of what the world has seen looks like this. amateur video, cell phone clips, spread online. most of these are sent out by the opposition which says they show syrian security forces killing peaceful protestors. assad says that while some of the protests have been peaceful his forces are fighting militants, drug smugglers, and terrorists. >> we do not kill our people, no government in the world kill its people. >> reporter: president assad told us we could travel wherever we wanted in his country. when we tested that pledge we were joined by a big police presence in the birth place of the uprising. it is clear that people are terrified of speaking with us. no one wants to say anything especially on camera. i was able to talk to one man off camera who said the situation here is very bad there are arbitrary arrests in the mid of the night and in his word. many, many, many people have been killed. assad said he will step down when he no longer has the support of the people. for now he says, they still support him.

parts of the northeast are digging out after getting pounded by a powerful wintry blast. the storm dumped more than 8 inches of snow in some towns across pennsylvania. making it tough for many drivers to get around. much of the snow and ice is expected to melt today. >> melt. get out of here. >> here is your thursday forecast. that northeast storm has cleared out with the exception of some light snow in northern new england. showers in florida. cooler along the gulf coast. 6 inches of lake-effect snow in upper michigan. snow showers for kansas and nebraska. >> mostly 30s from omaha to detroit. 45 here in the big apple. 52, atlanta. 51, new orleans. fargo stuck in the teens. billings at 25. boise at 35. >> little chilly. little chilly. it's cold outside. perfect time to talk about love. >> yes. >> let's call this one a story of latte love. a bride and groom who first met at their local starbuck's in tulsa. >> eva and carmine wanted to

remember where their love got started. so they had their wedding at the coffee shop. not only did they meet there, the same starbuck's where eva and her mom had weekly coffee while carmine was on a 15 month tour in iraq. >> the sweetest part -- i love this. carmine said when their relationship started he didn't like coffee but would drink it to spend time with eva. >> that's latte love. >> i know you love that story. i know that you like that. >> i could be a professional wedding crasher. i love weddings. >> you are a wedding junkie. >> would have crashed it. at starbuck's. >> you would have that your -- >> latte, fat free mark, artificial sweetener, tall. >> and we'll be back right after this. ♪ and pulled out a ring and said ♪ ♪ marry me juliet i love you that's all you need to know ♪ marry me juliet i love you that's all you need to know ♪ do your lashes want volume or length?

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♪ you're a mean one mr. grinch ♪ you really are >> another classic. another classic. >> love it! >> "how the grinch stole christmas." the grinch sneaks into the homes of the whos and steals all their gifts. and these days it would be a lot easier to do it. >> thanks to all right internet shopping all the grinch has to do is walk up to your doorstep. abc's neal karlinsky explains. ♪ you're a foul one mr. gri >> reporter: as the story goes it's the grinch who stole christmas. ♪ mr. grinch >> reporter: but this year on front doorsteps coast to coast surveillance cameras have the proof there is a new kind of grinch in town. in utah this guy just walked up,

stole a complete stranger's waiting package and walked away. in san diego, this man peeked through the front door to make sure the coast was clear before making off with a freshly delivered box. >> at least now i have a suspect. >> reporter: in seattle there was the hooded porch pirate whose big haul turned out to be cat urine deodorizer. the postal service estimates 16.5 billion cards and packages shipped in the month before christmas, computers to gift certificates. as we learned it's not too hard to find waiting packages just sitting on porches often for hours or even days. in fact this one sat outside all morning before the owner opened

her door. would you do something different out of concern that people are taking packages? >> if i knew it was going to be taken i probably would be more careful. >> reporter: an easy problem to avoid either ask for delivery by saying -- signature only or ask for tight be left in an area like hidden behind a bush. neal karlinsky, abc news. quick congratulations to one of our overnight producers, brandon chase, doing a stint in seattle produced the piece. brandon. probably asleep. good for him. what scares me too, i wonder if surveillance cameras like that here at abc. you know what i mean -- that guy. what? what is this? >> who are they? >> watching a crime in progress in the snack room at abc news. >> i went in there looking for snack, nothing was there. >> look at these hungry fools. >> i don't recognize them. >> i've don't know who you are. i don't know who they are. you guys have the wrong. i don't know who they are. >> we are going to have to bring in some investigators for that. >> i don't know what was going on there. i have never seen. somebody would go in and steal all that wilted salad and old stale snacks. appalled. we'll get to the bottom of that immediately. >> i'll help investigate that.

>> i'm appalled. the actress earning $65,000 for just four hours of work. >> who did alec baldwin skip when apologizing for his airline meltdown. next in "the skinny." apologizing for his airline meltdown. next in "the skinny."

skinny ♪ ♪ so skinny >> i'm going to let you have that. you are obsessed with this story. wonderful. >> i am obsessed with alec baldwin's tirade on american airlines flight from l.a. to new york and then being tossed off the plane. we have all been subjected to the nasty flight attendants, you have too, rob. >> yes. >> he has apologized to fellow passengers for the cell phone inspired tirade that got him bounced from the flight. >> not to the airline or nasty flight attendant he says. he said some interesting things. he said listen i have flown on america over 20 years, brand loyal in the extreme. he says flight personnel now

walk the aisles of an airline with a whistle around their neck and clipboard in their hands and have made flying a greyhound bus experience. now in apologizing to the passengers he ticked off greyhound. greyhound is like, what did we do to you? and so, interestingly enough he is also now deactivated his twitter account after all of this sort of stuff has happened. but i have received so many e-mails and facebook comments because i, i don't know i commiserated with alec baldwin. who hasn't been subjected to the crazy flight attendant imposing all these rules on you. i have. >> you're dead wrong. he was a complete idiot on the plane. celebrity. follow the rules. you held up the plane. and it was obnoxious. ridiculous. >> because of his cell phone. >> that may be true. until they change the rule, you got to follow it too. just saying the we disagree on this issue. the girl from "little miss sunshine" abigail breslin, 15 years old, all grown up, now in

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that's a new one to me. >> no -- i went to catholic schools. from "sister act" with whoopi goldberg. >> learn something every day. >> finally our "favorite story of the day." >> good. >> a nun outside of indianapolis singing the praises of a group of generous angels. >> her roman catholic school students couldn't figure out what to get her for her big birthday. wait till you see what they finally came up with. wrtv's julie persley reports. >> reporter: when sister nicolette

went on stage at holy name catholic school in beach grove she thought she was among staff members getting an award. the religion teacher who turned 50 soon found out the celebration was in her honor. the 8th grade class surprised her with a special gift, a trip to lourdes, france. >> she was talking about one day at the beginning of the year, that they was her dream to go to lourdes, it started out like a joke, how cool would it be if we sent her there. >> reporter: they collected donation twos round trip tickets for her and a guest and $3,600 to cover expenses. >> these kids they're just number one. not that we have favorite. but they are pretty special to me. >> reporter: sister nicolette from holy name wanted to travel to lourdes, france since learning her mother went there as a teenager on a prayer pilgrimage. >> asked god in prayer to allow her to be a wife and mother to let that be her vocation in exchange he would give very freely any children with whom he blessed her. >> i have a brother who is a

bishop, a priest, and a vicar general and another brother who is a priest. i think mary was really listening when my mom was praying that day. >> reporter: the act of kindness shown by the sister's students is proof they are now listening to her teachings. >> just because you are a kid doesn't mean you can't do a whole lot. when everybody gets together like we have done today you can do a lot. >> reporter: that includes touching lives by giving to others. >> that is a wonderful story. that should touch your heart. she'll take the big trip in june. >> oh. you know i went to all catholic schools. i wanted to be a nun at one point. >> what disqualified you? >> it didn't work out. we can talk about that another time. >> i need to go some where. trying to got to vegas for new year's. let's start a collection plate. yeah, snake eyes! ha-ha! collection plate.

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